Legislators Criticize U.K. Defense Review

A U.K. cross-party parliamentary committee criticized the new coalition government for rushing into a historic strategic-defense review that could reshape the country's armed forces.

The rebuke comes as Britain's armed services, and many members of the public, fret that the review could have far-reaching effects on the country's defenses by dramatically reducing troop numbers and cutting U.K. orders of military hardware, such as the...